2011年4月5日星期二

ITS men killed in the crash of Congo - independent online

UN Congo Plane crash 001APSalvage workers congregated at the scene of a United Nations plane crash in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa. Thirty-two people were killed and one survived when a United Nations aircraft crashed while trying to land at the airport at the service of Kinshasa, said a spokesman for the United Nations. Photo: APSouth African three men were among 32 United Nations staff and peacekeepers killed when a plane crashed on landing in heavy rain in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa.One person survived the crash in Kinshasa on Monday, A Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, said headquarters General of the world body.The Department of International Relations and cooperation confirmed that the only survivor was not South African, and that the three who died in the plane crash have been employed by the United Nations, but were soldiers.The 33 passengers, 20 were used by Nations United."The South African Government can confirm that there were three South Africans on board the aircraft of the United Nations in DRC." Unfortunately they were all killed. We have the names of the South Africans who died in the accident, but he must first inform the families, "said the spokesman for the Department of Clayson Monyela."South Africa has played a key role in the transition from the DRC of decades of civil war to peace and democracy, support the mission of the United Nations with a contingent of at least 1,500 soldiers rotating. It is one of the worst disasters ever involving A transport.The aircraft was carrying peackeepers and United Nations officials travelling to the northeast of the city of Kisangani to the airport not N'Djili of Kinshasa, said of the mission of the United Nations known as Monusco.A spokesman for Kinshasa George Oladavies said they could not confirm the identity of one of the dead as they needed to record the body against the manifest. This morning A researchers trying to always determine the cause of the accident"The black box that was retrieved, will tell the rest of the story," said Oladavies.Source said airport shortly after 26 crash people were dead in the plane, and rescuers and firefighters were 'cutting seats to free people trapped inside'.It is not known when the other six passengers died. "The accident was caused by the rain," said. "The aircraft separate completely." "A part of the cockpit rolled on the ground to 800 m." the Fokker 100 aircraft to ignite the fracas but firefighters had managed to extinguish the fire quickly, helped by heavy rain, she said.The US expressed its condolences. "We are deeply saddened to learn the loss of life in the A-contracted aircraft flying to Kinshasa," State Department spokesman, said Mark Toner.Aircraft accidents are common in the Congo, but this was the first involving a Monusco aircraft, the official of the Organization of United Nations Stabilization Mission title in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The United Nations has a fleet of aircraft more than a dozen of countries with which the mission carries his staff, journalists and staff of local and international organizations non-governmentalAircraft accidents are common in the Congo war, and the country's aviation companies, about 50, are on a list black by the EU and prevented from its airspace.Accidents are caused by a combination of factors, including the old and dilapidated aircraft are often overloaded cargo operators to disregard the rules of safety and bad conditions weather.The United Nations has one of its major missions of peace in the vast country in Central Africa five times the size of the France.

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